# Amputations at RICHARDSON BUILDERS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109471` · 10/13/2023 · HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** RICHARDSON BUILDERS, LLC
- **Location:** 215 Twin Points Rd, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 71913
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was operating a telehandler that was carrying a crate of glass weighing in excess of 3,000 pounds. The crate began to slip. Employee 2 was nearby and reached to stop the crate from falling, but the crate fell and amputated the fourth finger of their left hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*